Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-10-11

A tail. tee lookins gentleman. 9Th
gray hair aid classic face. stepped into
The DrNocEAT sAneiam last week aud
aeoo-,sd the ProPris,ors With the remark
"Have yea any type yoa would like
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The gentleman was no les person'
age ihaa The Hoa. HOraiio kins. Of
wsshins,on. u. C..-Msins's Ex.PO.,.
master Gsneral. and one q the native
sons q Paris. Who h.s honoret iha, his.
ioric ,own a. sell a. cur County and
State.
"Nsar,y ,ikiy years ago.. s.l' Mr..
King. ia thi- same place. H.nnibal
HAmlia and myself. then yoang men.
Published the Jsgers0Hiaa. We set the
type ourselves and pulled of the papers
on N Old RAn,se press. II had time
| would like 10 stop and try 10 set Up
.ome type in ,hi. Office to-day. We
vssd ink ball. Cor hiking the forms in
those days. and by the way" said Mr..
King. becoming somewhat excited.
''hAye You seen DO. Hsmlin has come
down on me ia the Lstrison Journal
A. be asked ,hi. question be OPsnsd
his poke, book .ad produced the follow
ing clipping from the great Maine nsS.-
paper
IIon. lIiuuibAl llsml!n. ani sifs. ~ d an
gOr, were 10 Lewiston Saturday noon. On
taslr way home from Paris, where they
have been visiting. Mr.. and Mrs liAmlin
dined with friends In lewiston aud len for
Bangor by ne n 90 train viI Bruaswlek
s'Thls 10 nv 18Th birthday" said SIR
Hamlln 20 The Journal man. The veteran
statesman stood a. erect a. q man OF 40,
The type OF TIE geatlemsn In bearing. face,
nxure and dress. lie recalled, In the
course % = n.mlnutes' conversation,
many OF the details that served his memory
a. that moment, rsvertipg 20 his rec0lisc-
tious % Paris liill and The home OF his
childhood there.
Mr.. Hsnliu remarked that Paris had
changed more than one would scppose that
II hat, since he cOCli remsmber A. "Why,
sad be, Il Vas . nevspsPer msn there.
many years ago. think Il was Ia nv
twenty hrst year that ! went Into The ''Jef.
fsrsoHiia.- there with Horsilo King. And
that l. nearly sixty years sgO. I've always
bal . psacAaaf Tor young newspaper met
ever sincs. Ike 10 meet them aud 10
speak with them A friend tells me that
The marks Of the Oh ink-bAlls that they
used % use In inking the forms, were. up
10 within . few years. 20 be seen on the
pine sheathlng OF the room where I used 10
wOrI. would give any dollars for . pair
OF those oh shsepskln iuk-balls n thsy
we're In existence. Times have chsbged
In the business since then, l have no
dOabt"
Mr.. Hanlln laughed heartily ., . story
that thoughts Of early days OF newspaper
life In Maine recalled % him. concerning .
w0ald-be spprsuties who once called upon
Hsrsil0 King FOR \ situation. Mr.. King
regretted sxceedingly that he had no situ-
alton Al that moment. bat be assured him
TIA; bis name would be pat down among
The LIST OF applicants and that he would be
notified n ~ any time vacancy should oe-
cur. IL wss further represented 70 the ap-
pllesnt that there we're certain requisites
that be must meet In order % be In good
standing a. an applicant. and one OF them
vas that svery good apprentice must know
how % eat printers Ink.
The boy herolsAily said that be could
eat printsr's ink. and go they sat him down
a. q dish. and be psrtook Oft nxnfally.
Mr.. Hamlln told the story In his chArae-
tsristlc vein OF hnmor. and aftsr he had
the laugh, he remarked that II must have
been . dangerous experiment
Mr.. Hsmlin IL In perfect health lie 10
In every aspect no. over sixty years old.
lie displays al the vigor OF the prime OF
life In every movement lie spoke casually
Of TIE political revelations Of "a 70 90 -
- tornado. . and said that 20 live h Was
10 live q lifetime.
The summary Of he PHILOSOPHY, - be
recalled again the fact that this dag be ~
ssvsnty-sishs PEARS old. were In thsss